25 Gallon Sprayer Receipe "Weeds"

[ArmyPair2]

Does anybody have a good mixture that is homemade to put in a 25 gallon sprayer? The receipe has to be land friendly because I have 2 creeks where some of this will be sprayed. I have herd of the vinegar,salt and soap but was kind of leery about putting salt into the ground. I have a week before my sprayer gets here so this gives me a week to test what others use.

 

[rockinmywaypa]

First thing is to know what your target is. If you're after two or three types of weed only then you can buy cheap products to go after those plants, In the long run it will probably be less expensive than buying twenty gallons of vinegar and two gallons of soap along with a bunch of salt. What I believe is that you heard that you can make your own round-up but the actual stuff is so cheap now a days that you may as well buy the stuff with a guarantee that it will work.

 

[smstonypoint]

The receipe has to be land friendly because I have 2 creeks where some of this will be sprayed. I have herd of the vinegar,salt and soap but was kind of leery about putting salt into the ground. I have a week before my sprayer gets here so this gives me a week to test what others use.

AquaMaster (AquaMaster Herbicide -- Aquatic 2.5-gal. Jug - GEMPLER'S) and Rodeo (Rodeo Herbicide, Rodeo Aquatic Herbicide) are glyphosate herbicides labeled for use in aquatic environments.

Steve

 

[Gary Fowler]

I wish there was a home brew that one could stir up cheaply. I looked at a gallon of glyphosate 50% at TSC today and it was $79. I don't think I paid anywhere near that last year for 2.5 gallons of 47% mix. I used the last of it along with a quart of 2-4D amine to spray my fence lines.

 

[MossRoad]

I wouldn't use salts on any soil that you ever want anything to grow on again ever. Salt does not evaporate (that's why they can make table salt from salt water). It stays in the soil for years and years. I'd only use salts on areas like stone driveways.

Also, put some liquid dish detergent into the mix as a wetting agent... something like a teaspoon for every few gallons as I recall. I can't remember why exactly, but I think it helps it slide onto the leaves and coat it better. Something about reducing surface tension of the water maybe? Anyhow, not sure what liquid detergent will do in a power sprayer.... may foam up all over the place. Haven't tried it on my power sprayer, only my hand pump sprayer.

 

[tcreeley]

Just mow it, weed wack it, bush hog it. You won't be tempted to be dumping a poisonous herbicide on the ground.

 

[Tollster]

I believe there was a study done by the university of south Carolina and they found Rodeo to have the same exact ingredients as round up, not absolutely sure, but my sister was telling me this because they have lakes in the development they live in, and the cost of rodeo was high, so they work with the state to find an alternative..

I don't like either one perosnally

 

[hooknbullet2]

20% vinegar.

Dirt doctor.com

 

[smstonypoint]

I believe there was a study done by the university of south Carolina and they found Rodeo to have the same exact ingredients as round up, not absolutely sure, but my sister was telling me this because they have lakes in the development they live in, and the cost of rodeo was high, so they work with the state to find an alternative..

Chemical companies are required to list the active ingredients of their herbicides on their product labels. The active ingredient in Rodeo is Glyphosate, N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine, in the form of its isopropylamine salt while the active ingredient in regular Roundup is Glyphosate, N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine, in the form of its potassium salt.

You can check herbicide labels here: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.*

Steve

* Rodeo is a DowAgriSciences product and Roundup is a Monsanto product.

 

[Pilot]

I'd first want to know the soil pH before I put salt or vinegar on my soil. And think about this. If salt or vinegar will kill plants, aren't they poisons? With little or no research about the environmental effects. OTOH, Roundup and 2,4-d have had a lot of research. I remember some old research (old doesn't mean bad, the results, if valid then will be valid today) that showed 2,4-d sprayed on cleacuts disappeared in about 60 days and if resprayed would disappear in 30 days. 2,4-d is an organic compound and soil organisms eat it; if sprayed once, the population of 2,4-d eating organisms builds up because they have more food, thus the shorter life on site after the second spraying.

I wouldn't put a chemical on a creek unless it was labeled for that use, meaning research says it has been tested and it's safe. Labels have to be approved by the regulators. OTOH, I might wait until water levels are low and put a chemical near the stream, especially if the water isn't expected to rise for awhile, i.e., in the west where summers are dry, spray in late spring.